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High Testosterone in Women Linked with Insulin Resistance and CVD

Posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009

In postmenopausal women, high testosterone levels increase the risk for insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and coronary heart disease, a new study shows.

Prostate Cancer Treatment Linked to Increased Risk of Diabetes and Heart Disease

Posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009

New research shows that the risk of heart attack, stroke, sudden cardiac death and diabetes in men who underwent androgen deprivation therapy was 20 to 30 percent higher.

Gene Mutations Identify African-Americans Pre-Determined for Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009

Blood samples were analyzed for differences (mutations) in DNA and RNA that affect the level of gene expression. The result of these mutations would cause the individual to be less able to metabolize carbohydrates.

Eating Out Too Often Can Increase Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009

Those who ate two meals per week of fried chicken were at 68 percent increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, compared to those who ate none.

Diabetes Patients Show Alarming Increase in Morbid Obesity: 1 in 5

Posted: Sunday, December 06, 2009

A Loyola University Health System study has found that one out of five Type 2 diabetes patients is morbidly obese -- approximately 100 pounds or more overweight.

What Makes Obese People Develop Diabetes?

Posted: Sunday, December 06, 2009

Many people who are overweight or obese develop insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes at some stage in their lives. A European research team has now discovered that obese people have large amounts of the molecule CXCL5, produced by certain cells in fatty tissue.

Discovery of Insulin Production Mechanism Can Lead to Better Treatment for Diabetes

Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009

How a specific gene within the pancreas affects secretion of insulin has been discovered by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Genetic Biomarker for Predisposition to Type 2 Diabetes Discovered

Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009

Compugen Ltd. announced the discovery and experimental confirmation of a genetic biomarker, CGEN-40001 for predisposition to Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes.

Men Twice as Likely Not to Know They Have Diabetes

Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009

New research suggests men over 50 are nearly twice as likely to have undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes than their female counterparts.

Vegetables Protect Unborn Child Against Diabetes

Posted: Monday, November 09, 2009

New evidence is emerging for how important it is for pregnant women to eat good, nutritious food. Expecting mothers who eat vegetables every day seem to have children who are less likely to develop Type 1 diabetes, according to a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.